Binder header for textile swatch



April 4, 1961 o. L. KRAMER 2,977,690

BINDER HEADER FOR TEXTILE SWATCH Filed Feb. le, 1959 ,J 59 INVENTOR l i0770 l. Ken/145e 75/f 7, 55

ATTORNEY BINDER HEADER FOR TEXTILE SWATCH Otto L. Kramer, 2491 ValleyDrive, Hermosa Beach, Calif.

Filed Feb. 16, 1959, Ser. No. 793,611

4 Claims. (Cl. '3S-55) This invention relates to display devices andmore particularly to an assembly providing detachable con-V nectingmeans Vbetween a textile swatch and a post binder. may be associatedwith the detachable connecting means of this specification is disclosedin my Patent 2,786,281, dated March 26, 1957.

An important object of the invention is to provide connecting meansbetween a textile swatch and a post binder which is ,an improvement uponthe means disclosed VVin my applica-tion for patent Serial No. 648,192,liled March 25, 1957, now Patent Number 2,904,900, issued September 22,1959. i Y

A further important object is to provide connecting means as last abovewhich includes at least one but preferably two combined guide andfriction tabs carried by a slide holder and adapted to cooperate vwith aslide into which the tab or tabs extend in order to retain the slideagainst accidental disconnection from the posts of a post binder. It isimportant to prevent this accidental detachment since a plurality ofswatch is generally hung, one

upon another in a post binder which is carried upright. There isgenerally no lower wall to the binder and, if swatch becomesaccidentally detached from the posts, it may drop from the binderunnoticed-or drop and thereafter be re-hung in the binder `butsometimes, in being dropped, the samples carried by the swatch becomesoiled.

A further important object is to provide connecting means as describedwhich prevents accidental disconnection of the slide from the holder. Inthe connecting means disclosed in my application Serial No. 648,192,referredto above, the slide is retained by an open-sided centrallydisposed tab or iiap of the holder which has proven desirable but if thejuncture of the tab with the body of the holder wears, due to repeatedmovements of .the slide over this juncture, and the centrally-disposedtab is severed from the holder, there is no means preventinglateralmovement of the slide in one direction, but in the connectingmeans herein disclosed the slide is preferably held in place, not onlyby a centrally-disposed open-sided tab but also by the Aadditional `tabswhich cooperate with slots in the slide to prevent accidental movementsof the slide either longitudinally or laterally of the holder.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent duringthe course of the following detailed descriptionof the invention, takenwith the accompanying drawings, forming parts of this disclosure, and inwhich drawings:

Fig. l is Ia plan view of one form of holder of the invention, with aslide, in plan, associated therewith and retained by tabs.

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view through one of a pair of tabs ofFig. 1, with portions ofa conventional post binder shown partly insection.

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view through a central tab of Fig. 1,with portions of aconventional post binder shown partly in section.

An example of textile swatch and post binder which 2,977,690 PatentedApr. 4, 1961 Fig. 4 Vis a plan view of another form of holder of theinvention, with a slide, in plan, associated therewithin v and retainedby tabs.

Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view through one of a pair of tabs ofFig, 4 with portions of a conventional v post binder shown partly insection.

Fig, 6 is a transverse sectional view through a central t tab of Fig. 4with portions of a conventional post binder shown partly in section.

In the drawings, wherein for the purpose of illustration'are shown twoforms of the invention, the letter A` designates the first form shown inFigs. 1, 2 and 3, and

the letter B the second form shown in Figs.V 4, 5l and 6, while theletters Cand D designate samples of material assembled in swatch E and Frespectively, and the letters G and H designate post binders.

The form A of the detachable connecting means of the invention comprisesa holder 10 and a slide 11.

The holder 10 may be of any suitable material, in, sheet form, such ascardboard, pliable hardened plastic material or bendable metal, forexample, having substantially parallel side edges 12 and 13 andsubstantially parallel end edges 14 and 15 joining the edges 12 and 13.While, because the slide 11 is securely retained from accidentaldisplacement from the holder, the holder may comprise two half sheets ofthe same size, I prefer to provide a single sheet, folded over along,for example, a longitudinally extending fold line 16, to provide panels17 and 18 of substantially the same size although,

for convenience, one panel may be wider than the other without departingfrom the spirit of the invention.V

Spaced inwardly from the end edges 14 and 15 and substantiallyparalleling those edges are preferably twol substantially straight slots19, extending transversely of the sheet and each having longitudinaledges 20 and 21 and one end edge 22 while the opposite end edge 23 isdelined by a fold line for folding over the portion of the, sheet cut orstamped out therefrom so that the folded over portion will provide a tabor flap 2S extending from the intermediate portion of the panel 17, andfacing and` in partial contact with the panel 17. It will be' noted thatthe tabs or aps 25 are preferably rather long but narrow and the slots19 cross the fold line 16, with the' end edges 22 and 23 in the sameplane when the sheet s folded along the fold line. For example, thelength of a tab 25 may beabout 11/2 inches on a sheet having a' width,from the edge 12 to the edge 13, of about 5lr inches, so that the halfslot which extends to the folded f' over edge 16 of the sheet isapproximately 3A inch and is wide enough to snugly receive aconventional post of av .post binder, such as the binder G. Each tab 25provides.

an additional narrow wall to the holder.

I prefer to provide the centrally-disposed tab 27 which may be formed bycutting or stamping the above mentioned sheet to provide end slits 28and a side slit 29;

with the former in substantial parallelism and the side slit normalthereto and nearest the fold line 16. The een tral tab 27 is carriedwholly by the panel 17 and provides an additional wall for the holder 10with the juncture of the tab 27 with the body of the panel 17 providinga shoulder 30 over which one longitudinal edge 37 of the slide 11 isadapted to slide, with a portion of the body of the slide between thetab 27 and body of the 'der to manipulate the connecting means, Iprefetto cut out parts of the sheet at the end portions of the panels,

substantially as shown in Fig. 1.

Referring now to the slide 11, this is preferably an j elongated stripor body of fairly rigid material, as heavy or light metal, cardboard orhardened plastic material, provided with a pair of spaced-apartpreferably bayonet slots 35 extendingy from one longitudinal edge 36 andspaced apart, at their mouth parts which open into the edge 36, adistance substantially the same as the distance the slots 19 are spacedapart. The remaining parts 38 of the Slots substantially parallel theedge 36 and the corresponding longitudinal edge 37.

In addition to the bayonet slots 35 I provide a pair of relativelynarrow `slots 39 which are substantially the same length as the par-ts38 of the bayonet slots and parallel the parts 38 and spaced adjacentthereto and nearest the longitudinal edge 37. These slots 39 receive thetabs 25, projecting therethrough, with the balance of the tabs extendingover the face of the slide body and from thence over portions of theface of the panel 17. Of course, when the panel 18 s folded over thepanel 17, the inner face of the panel 18 also contacts the tabs 25substantially as is shown in Fig. 2. Thus, while the slide 11 has somelimited longitudinal motion it has substantially no transverse motionwhen the tabs 25 are in place as just described.

When the parts are positioned as just described, the edge 37 slidesalong the shoulder 30 with the central tab 27 next to the panel 18 andbetween the slide 11 and panel 17.

Of course, the length of the slide 11 is such that an end portionthereof may be held between the tips of a nger and thumb in order tomanipulate the slide.

Sheets or lengths of material as samples C of textiles may be groupedtogether one above another to form a swatch E with their like edges inthe same planes and one like edge portion 45 inserted between the twopanels 17 and 18 with the panel 18 generally employed as the top oroutermost panel to receive any suitable indicia or the like. The edgeportions 45 of the sheets forming the samples C do not extend to theslide 11 but may overlap the free end portions of the tabs 25, and anysuitable means as conventional rivets 46 may be employed to secure theswatch E to the holder 10 and, of course, with the material at the foldline 16, secure the two panels ltogether, whereby the tabs 25 are alsoheld in place by the rivets 46 and the panels.

In the use of the holder 10 and slide 11, with the slide moved so that aslot 19 is in the same plane as the mouth part mentioned of one bayonetslot 35, and the other slot 19 is in the plane of the mouth partmentioned of the other bayonet slot, the holder and the slide may beslid until the binder posts 47 are within these mouth parts of thebayonet slots, whereupon the slide is slid, relative to the holder 10,so that the posts are within the opposite parts 38 of the bayonet slotsand are latched in place. During this last step, the walls of the slots39 move transverselyv along the tabs 25 as is apparent.

The detachable connecting means between a textile swatch and and a postbinder designated form B and illustrated in Figs. 4, and 6, comprises aholder 50 and slide 51.

The holder 50 is substantially like the holder 10 and has side edges 52and 53, end edges 54 and 55 and a fold line 56 so that when the sheetforming the body of the holder is folded on the fold line 56, there areprovided two panels 57 and S8. Slots 59, substantially like the slots 19are provided and the material removed to provide the slots when foldedover provides tabs 65 quite similar to the tabs 25. There is alsopreferably provided a central tab 67 and a shoulder 70, as in Fig. 6,quite like the shoulder 30, as Well as recesses 71 akin to the recesses31.

The slide 51 preferably differs from the slide 11 only in that it has noslots like the slots 39 of the slide 11, but does have bayonet slots 75substantially like the slots 35. The slide 51 is adapted to slide alongthe shoulder 70 as does the slide 11 along the shoulder 30.

Since there are no slots like the slots 39, in the slide 51, the tabs 65are folded over the like edges of the slot parts (corresponding to theslot parts 38 of the slots 35) of the bayonet slots 75 substantially asin Fig. 5 whereby the slot parts of the bayonet slots take the place ofthe slots 39.

The holder 51 may be attached to a swatch F of samples D by means ofrivets 76, and the holder is detachably secured to the posts 77 of apost binder H in a manner substantially similar to that for attachingthe holder 10 to the posts 47.

In both forms of the invention, the tabs 25 and 65, bearing upon a faceof the slide 11 or 51, as the case may be, frictionally preventaccidental sliding of the slides longitudinally of their holders and thetabs also prevent the slides from sliding transversely of the respectiveholders, yet the holders and slides may be very quickly assembled andsecured against accidental displacement of the slides. Threading of thetabs 25 or 65 through their respective slots 39 is quickly accomplished.

Various changes may be made to the forms of the invention herein shownand described, without departing from the spirit of the invention orscope of the claims.

What is claimed is:

1. In combination, a slide for engaging the posts of a post binder, anda combined holder for said slide and for textile swatch, said slidecomprising an elongate substantially rectangular at sheet provided witha pair of spaced-apart first slide slots openingto one of the edges ofsaid sheet `and with their longitudinal axes being substantially inparallelism, and a pair of spaced-apart elongated slots spaced from theedges of said sheet and with ,their longitudinal axes substantially inalignment, said holder consisting of two substantially flat elongatedpanels integrally joined together to deline an edge, and said panelsbeing in face-to-face relationship and each provided with a pair ofspaced-apart holder slots opening to the last-named edge, the similaredges of one slot in one panel being in substantially the same plane asthe similar edges of one slot in the other panel and the similar edgesof the other slot in said one panel being in substantially the sameplane as the similar edges of the other slot in said other panel withsaid slide disposed between said panels, one of said panels having apair of spaced-apart narrow tabs extending transversely thereof anddisposed in parallelism, said tabs extending from the bases of the slotsin one of said panels and being threaded through said elongated slotsand extended over the adjacent portions of said slide, in frictionalengagement therewith, and over portions of the inner faces of saidpanels in engagement with said portions of said inner faces, and meansfor securing said panels together, whereby said tabs frictionallyprevent accidental longitudinal sliding movements of said slide withrespect to said holder and prevent transverse sliding movements of saidslide with respect to said holder, said tabs being of the material ofsaid one of said panels cut to provide the pair of holder slots in saidone of said panels.

2. The combination according to claim l characterized in that said tabsextend, at said bases of said slots in said one of said panels, from theintermediate portion of said one of said panels.

3. The combination according to claim l characterized in that saidpanels are of exble material, said spacedapart rst slide slots arebayonet slots and said spacedapart elongated slots are spaced from saidbayonet slots and substantially parallel the innermost legs of saidbayonet slots, and said tabs extend into said elongated slots andoverlap portions of said slide.

4. The combination according to claim l characterized in that saidpanels are of ilexible material, each of said spaced-apart first slideslots comprises the outermost leg of a bayonet slot, each of saidelongated slots comprises the innermost leg to said bayonet slot, andsaid tabs l 5 extend through the elongated slots and over an edge835,171 thereof and overlap portions of said slide. 1,072,919 2,786,281References Cited in the le of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 629131394,394 Ready Dec. 11, 188s 6 Walker Nov. 6, 1906 Crozier Sept, 9, 1913Kramer et al. Mar. 26, 1957A FOREIGN PATENTS Germany Apr. 23, 1936

